Xiaomi Mi A1 receiving the Android 8.1 update Oreo with the July Android security patch



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It seems that Xiaomi has started to deploy the Android 8.1 Oreo update with the July 2018 Android security patch and the SMS bug fix. The company had previously suspended the update because of reports that the update was deleting SMS messages for some users. It seems that the company has corrected the problem and updated the security patch to the July fix and the update is ready to be launched again. The deployment has been confirmed by a number of Mi A1 users who have posted screen captures from the update prompt screen on the MIUI forum. The update brings the build number to OPM1.171019.026.V9.6.4.0.ODHMIFE.

This is not the first time that the company has resumed deployment because the company has unintentionally deployed problematic updates when upgrading the device to Android 8.0 Oreo. in the old days. The size of the update varies between 467.3 MB and 1152.0 MB depending on the existing version of the operating system, whether the device is rooted or may depend on support. This comes just a day after Xiaomi teased the second generation of the Xiaomi Mi A series, alluding to the fact that it might be considered to launch two devices instead of the variant that the company had launched. Last year.

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According to the teaser that Xiaomi posted on its social media channels, it is confirmed that Xiaomi Mi A2 and the Mi A2 Lite will both come with the Android One brand. This means that both devices will be among the first batch of devices outside the Google Pixel and Nexus range to get monthly Android security patches.

To recap, the company launched the Xiaomi Mi A1 last year in September 2017 and the device comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of It has a 5.5-inch Full HD display as well as a dual camera configuration at the back with two 12-megapixel camera sensors One of the two goals of the dual camera setup allows users to zoom in to 2X without losing a lot of detail while helping in the portrait effects. It runs on a 3.080mAh battery and comes with with a USB Type-C port.

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